Winless in league, Butler visits No. 20 Creighton

9:24 PM,
Jan. 13, 2014

Creighton's Doug McDermott is the nation's second-leading scorer.

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Next in the lengthy list of challenges facing Butler's basketball team is one belied by its simplicity: All the Bulldogs must do to get out of the Big East cellar and halt the program's longest losing streak in nine years is slow America's best walk-on.

The bad news for Butler: America's best walk-on is also one of America's most potent offensive players.

Creighton's Doug McDermott doubles as both. And that's chief among the reasons his 20th-ranked Bluejays (14-2, 4-0 in the Big East) are one of college basketball's hottest teams heading into Tuesday's game against the Bulldogs (10-6, 0-4) at ...